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Most Honorable Son: a Japanese-American

Full Video http://www.nasm.si.edu/webcasts/archive.cfm?siref=YouTube&video=MostHonorableSon:aJapanese-AmericanB-24GunnerinWorldWarII Most Honorable Son: a Japanese-American B-24 Gunner in World War II Speaker: Sgt. Ben Kuroki Thursday, May 01 Sgt. Ben Kuroki was one of the few Nisei admitted to the Army Air Corps. He earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses and was acclaimed as the first Nisei war hero after flying 30 missions in Europe as a tailgunner and top turret gunner aboard a B-24. The government sent him on a tour to Heart Mountain and two other camps in an effort to promote recruitment and help curb the growing draft resistance. He was later subpoenaed as a witness in the conspiracy trial of the Fair Play Committee leaders. Kuroki asked for duty in the Pacific and after being initially refused, became the only Nisei to serve in active combat with the Air Corps in the Pacific Theater, flying 28 more missions over Japan. After the war he spoke to audiences nationwide and was the subject of a 1946 biography, "BOY FROM NEBRASKA." He went into journalism, becoming the first Japanese American editor of a general newspaper in Nebraska. He later edited newspapers in suburban Michigan and Southern California. He retired with his wife Shige to Southern California. Full Video http://www.nasm.si.edu/webcasts/archive.cfm?siref=YouTube&video=MostHonorableSon:a Japanese-AmericanB-24GunnerinWorldWarII

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